The Mavericks are ridiculously shy on tradable assets to obtain a player of Love’s talents. So that makes it impossible to create any scenario that would get them in the running.

This could be a case of the Mavericks being used as leverage or as a default setting by some league sources when talking about possible landing spots for players, which is something Cuban said happens a lot.

“Whether it’s free agents or trades,” he said. “But it’s actually changing some because it’s just a lot harder to make trades these days. If you read about it, you know it’s not true. I don’t know if we got the Beach Boys booked.”

If the Mavericks do anything before the trade deadline, it would more likely be a bottom-of-the-roster move to perhaps clear more cap space for the summer free-agent bonanza or perhaps to add a role player.

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